AmazonReleased on Dec 2, 2025

Nova 2 Sonic: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Nova 2 Sonic is a language model from Amazon, released in December 2025, with multimodal input, a 1M-token context window, and pricing from $0.330/M input and $2.75/M output.

Amazon Nova 2 Sonic is Amazon's second-generation speech-to-speech foundation model for real-time conversational AI. It delivers expressive, native-sounding voices and high streaming speech-understanding accuracy across English, French,

Input
TextAudio
Output
TextAudio

Nova 2 Sonic benchmarks

Rankings

Quality Tracker

Nova 2 Sonic Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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Nova 2 Sonic pricing

Providers

Nova 2 Sonic starts at $0.330 per million input tokens and $2.75 per million output tokens via Bedrock.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p50 / p95 sOutput avg / p5 c/sSuccess 7dModalities in / out
Bedrock logoBedrock
$0.330$2.751.0M/65.5K
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Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests. Success is calculated from completed versus failed requests over the trailing seven days.

Nova 2 Sonic context window

Input and output token limits for Nova 2 Sonic, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
1Mtokens
66Ktokens
1.5k pages of text
1M
8K128K1M

Nova 2 Sonic API

Available from the model provider

Nova 2 Sonic is available from Bedrock. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

Nova 2 Sonic examples

Recent arena outputs from Nova 2 Sonic, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Nova 2 Sonic license

Nova 2 Sonic is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

Nova 2 Sonic resources

Official sources for Nova 2 Sonic: api documentation, paper or system card, source repository.

Nova 2 Sonic vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Nova 2 Sonic are Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, Mistral Small 4, Qwen3 235B A22B. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Nova 2 Sonic

Models ranked just above and below Nova 2 Sonic by LLM Stats score.

 

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Score pending
 

Mistral Small 4

Score pending
 

Qwen3 235B A22B

Score pending
 

Qwen3 32B

Score pending
 

GPT-4.5

Score pending
 

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about Nova 2 Sonic.

When was Nova 2 Sonic released?

Nova 2 Sonic was released on December 2, 2025 by Amazon. This is the official Nova 2 Sonic release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does Nova 2 Sonic cost?

Nova 2 Sonic pricing starts at $0.33 per million input tokens and $2.75 per million output tokens via Bedrock, the lowest price among tracked providers.

Is Nova 2 Sonic available via API?

Yes, Nova 2 Sonic is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created Nova 2 Sonic?

Nova 2 Sonic was created by Amazon.

What is the license for Nova 2 Sonic?

Nova 2 Sonic is released under the Proprietary license.

Is Nova 2 Sonic multimodal?

Yes, Nova 2 Sonic is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

Where can I use Nova 2 Sonic?

Nova 2 Sonic is available through 1 provider including Bedrock.

Where is the Nova 2 Sonic paper or technical report?

Nova 2 Sonic has a paper or technical report available at https://cdn.amazon.science/c5/3d/84514a224666b5be6de4b43ef4aa/nova-2-0-technical-report2.pdf. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Nova 2 Sonic against?

Common Nova 2 Sonic comparisons include Nova 2 Sonic vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, Nova 2 Sonic vs Mistral Small 4, Nova 2 Sonic vs Qwen3 235B A22B. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.